Attachment for firearms.



PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

R. M. G. PHILLIPS. ATTACHMEN T FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 9, 1901.

2 SHEETS--SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

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, T/VES SEs No. 762,862. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904. R. M. G. PHILLIPS.

ATTACHMENT FOR FIREARMS APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1901.

N0 MODEL- 2 SHEETSSHEBT 2.

no. 762,862. Patented an 14., 1964.

ROSSM. G. PHlLLHS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALlFORNlA, ASfilGNUR IDEAL HOLS'lER @OMPdNY, OF LQS. ANGELES, CALHPORNIA, A (JQRFORAHQN F CALIFQENIA.

SZEGEFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 762352, dated-June 1d, 1904;.

Application filed SeptemfneI 9, 1901. Serial lie. 74, S59. (No model.)

wh/Om L Con/697"! hular, which may support the gun when in Be it known that J, Ross M. G. PHILLIPS, a service. citizen oi the-United States, residing at Los My invention includes the firearm, the com- 5 O Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and )inations, and parts herein described and 5 State of California, have invented a. new and I claimed.

useful Attachment "for Firearms, of which the I in carrying out this invention in one form following is a specification. I furnish the holster with a stiffening-frame This invention is designed to on used for and provide a gun-holding frame slidably 55 pistols, cal-nines, and any other gun which mounted on the stiffening-frame and provided to can he carried as a side-arm. at the front end with means for attachment one object ot-my invention is to provide an ito a gun, and also provide means for holding attachment for firearms which will permit cargthe gun-holdin frame entendedand retracted. rying the gun as a side-arm in the most con- I also provide a novel construction of eatenvenient and compact form and yet allow the siol and collapsible frame for forming, with :5 gun to be used interchangeably at pleasure the holster, a rigid collapsible gun-stock.

with or withoutashoulder-piece to rest against This invention also comprises a holster prothe shoulder. I vid'ed with means constructed to beextended Another object of my invention is; to pro- .into engagement with a firearm to constitute 5 vide a superior detachable gun-stock. a stock. Another object is to provide a collapsible, 1 The holster, the'extensibleand non-extensiadjustable, and detachable gun-stock. ble elements of the apparatus, and other de- Another object is to provide means for comvices employed may be variously constructed -hining with a gun-holstcr for small-arms atwithout departing from the broad spirit of 7 tachmcnts to hold the sn 1all-arm at a suitable this invention. distance from the butt of the'holster, so that My invention may be carried out in various the butt of the holster can be rested against ways, and I do not confine myself to the exthe shoulder as the butt of a gun and the trigact construction shown.

- ger of the small-arm brought into convenient The accompanying drawings illustrate my 75 positron tor the linger of the marksman. invention. in carrying out my invention I provide Figure I 1s aside elevation of a firearm emmeans for giving the requisite rigidity to the hodying my invention applied with a gun in leather sheath of a holster, and I attach to position for firing. Portions of the collapsisaid holster an extensible frame adapted at its ble stock and of the butt of the gun are omit- 80 front end for attachmentto the huttoi' a gun. ted to expose interior construction. Dotted I also provide aesuperior device for locking lines indicate the position of parts when the the supplemental butt or stock to the butt or stock is detached from the gun and collapsed breech of the gun. to be used as a holster. Fig. 11 is a view A further object of my invention is con showing thogun detached from the stock and 85.

vcnicnce and facility of hringing the arm into inserted in the holster. The gun-holder is re- 40 and out of action. tractcd. Fig. H1 is iragmental rear eleva- Anothcr object is to provide an extremely tion of the butt of the gun detached. IV light stock for a firearm, and this is accomis an elevation of the front end of the fastenplishcd by combining with a shell-like shouling devices of the gun-holder detached. Fig. 9 dcr-picce, which may serve as a receptacle for V is an enlarged section on. line V V, Fig. I.

a large articlesuch, for instance, a gun- Fig. V1 is an enlarged section on line V1 V1,

which may be adapted for connection with Fig. I. Fig. Vll is a section on line V11 Vii, said shell, of extensih c rods, desirably tu- Fig. l. Fig. VIII is a sectional detail show- I ing modified forms of catch and adjustable enlarged scale.

" extending along one edge of the holster 2 and oted by a pivot 9.

indicates a to the pivoted arm or member 8 and forming, an adjustable member of the extensible brace ,slidably connected with the pivoted arm or of. the adjustment clip or slide for-regulating stock.

, prising areinforcingsmouthpiece member 3,

brace for the extensiblefr'ame of the holster. Fig. IX is a section on line IX IX,-.Fig. I, in Fig. X is an enlarged cross-. sectional detail on line XX, Fig. VIII. Fig. XI is a'detail showing the adjusting-stop'of the toggle-brace for the pivoted extensionarm. Fig. XII is a viewof a'modified forrn the length of extension of the stock. Referring toFig. I, l'indicates a gun .to which is detachably attached acollapsible guns In the form shown said stock'com prises a shellor gun-holster 2 for said gun 1 and is provided with a stiffenin, ;frame comfastened to the holster and extending around v the ni'ouththereof and furnished with 9. lug 1,

a hollow rigid tubular member5, fitted on the k lug 31-. and fastened thereto bya'rivet a. and

\fastened. to'- the front end of said holster by a bracket 6, -which constitutes one member of an extensible brace or tie for the gun-holder, which I will hereinafter describe. The reinforcingmember 3 is furnished atthe edge of the holster opposite the lug 4 with a socket 7, in which a tubular arm or member 8 is pivlink block pivoted at 11 for the gun-holder. The adjustable. brace member or'link 1O is preferably bifurcated and channeled and is fitted upon and slidably pivoted to the rigid bracemember or bracket 6 by a pivot-pin 12 sliding in a slotted way 13 in the member 6.

The tubular membersbr arms 5 and 8 constitute a part of the collapsible gun-holder. The front portion of said gun-holder consists in an extensible frame, which I will now describe. v y

14: indicates a gun-holding member slidably connected with the member 5, but fixed against lateral movement and furnished at its front end with abracket, which is preferably formed in a cross-arm 15 and is provided in front of said bracket or cross-arm with a attachment to engage the butt of the gun. ,16 indicates such attachment, consisting in one or more hook-shapedlugs. 1n the drawings 1 have shown 'two hook-shaped lugs inlfront of the" bracket or cross-arm 15. g

17 indicates an extensible arm or member member 8 and pivoted at its front end to the bracket or cross-arm 15 by a pivot 18 and furnished in front of said pivot with one or more lugs or hooks 19.

20 and 21 indicate seats in the back-strap 7) of the gun for the attaching-jaws, formed by the lugs or hooks 16 and 19, respectively. The I bracket or cross-arm 15 and the jaws 16 19 constitute an attachment for securely. holding 1 support laterally than would :be secured by two seats'only, one above the other. It also affords avery efiicient means for securing the bracket to the ends of the rods or tubes,as a hole may be formed between the hooks of each pair for the insertion of the end of the tube or a screw for engaging therewith. In the form shownthe' hooks or lugs 16 and 19 are arranged =to point in opposite directions, and means are provided for increasing and decreasingthe distance between the hooks or lugs 16 and-19, as the extensible gun-holder is extended or collapsed. A spreading apart of the hooks as the gun-holder is extended re' s'ults from'the construction above described, the extensible member formed by the arms 8 and 17 acting as a lever, fulcrumed at 18, to throw the hook or lug '19 away from the hook or lug 16 as the bracket or cross-arm 15 moved away from the holster The extensible brace comprising the members 6 and 10 serves to hold the extensible pivoted membercomposed of parts 8 and 17 rigid when the book 19 is seated in its seat 21.-' In order to regulate the movement'of the extensible members and to adjust the tension upon the pivoted member of the gun-holder and prevent lateral movement thereof, an adjusting-screw 22, clearly shown in Fig. XI, is'arranged in the way 13, in which the sliding ,pivot f the adjustable brace member 10 moves. Suitable means are provided for holding the gun-,holder extended. 23 23 indicate spring-catches for this purpose. Any suitable form of locking device for holding the extensible parts in adjusted position may be employed. Preferably these means are approxi-' mately alike ineach of the extensible members 14: and 17. The spring-catch 23 is car ried inside the slidable member 14;, to which it pertains, and is provided with a rounded pro- "jection 24 to enter and extend through a hole 25, the margins of which form shoulders in the member 5, which is fastened to the holster. When the catch is free and the extensible member to which it pertains is brought to the appropriate'position, either extended or collapsed, the catch catches upon the margins of the catch-hole 25 and can readily be released by the user pressing upon the projecting rounded portion 24:.

26 indicates a sliding clip mounted on the tubular. member into which the extensible member 14 telescopes. members is preferably provided with two catch-holes, seats, or steps 25 for holding the gun-holder frame in extended position at (lit- Ion 1 close the foremost of the stop-holes 25 and to hole 27. The clip 26 is adapted to slide over the holes of its member to alternately close and open said holes. W hen the marksman desircsto adjust the stock for extension to its greatest length, he will slide the clips 26 back into position over the holster 25 nearest. the butt of the stock, thus allowing'the catches 23 to invariably catch in the foremost hole. To adjust the stock to a shorter length when extended, the clips 26 will he slid forward to open the'hindznost of said stop-holes-25, so that the catches 23 23 will catch in said l indinost stop-holes. The catches 23 and 23 are reversely arranged, so that the one catches to prevent extension beyond the point desired and the other prevents retraction'from such extended position. Preferably the catch 23. which catches in the fixed member 5, is arranged to prevent retraction, and the catch 23 for the pivoted member 8 is arranged to The reverse prevent undue extension. Any desired number of etc )holes mag be )IOViCiOCi. in Fi I l y y n A h I the member 5 is provided with an adeitional stop-hole 27, into which the catch 23 will seat to yieldingly hold the gun-holder in retracted position against axidental displacement. In

order to allow the gmrholdcr to be drawn out Without applying the finger to release the catch 23. the front portion of the rounr d projcction 2 i. arrangfed to engage the margin of the stop-hole to be depressed thereby to allow the catch to pass when pulled-lorvmrd.

other edge of the holster. Preferably the pivoted member is arranged with :gnly two stop-- holes 25, intowhich the catch extends, so that said member to catch the telesco iin member k 17. 29 indicates arms extending around the Lil member 8 to prevent the displacement of the catch and alsoto form a ling'cr- 'iicce for the retraction of the catch. .Fi Vll l also shows the slot 13 provided witlra notch at its lower end and the link with a spring to yicldingl v hold-the pin 12 in said notch and lock the parts in theirextended position.

In Fig. K1! the clip 26 is shown furnished with an inwardly-pro ecting tongue 30 to enter the stop-hole 25 to prevent the catch from entering and stopping therein.

arrangement is employed at the la ch in latched position.

. A shoulder-piece 'n'ovided with grin-i I in Figs. I and V1 31 indicates a plug, in the inthe usual wayf into a hole M in the telescoping member 14.

in assembling the parts the spring-catch will be brought inte position in the member it, and the lug 33 will be inserted into the hole 34 in said member 14. and the plug 31 will then be inserted and secured by suitable means, (indicated by the rivet V 36 indicates a sight mounted on the front end ol the detachable gun-holder whereby the small-arm is adai'rt d for accurate longrange shooting.

in practice the gun and its detachable stock will ordinarily be det ched from ach other and the extensible device retracted andthe gun will be inserted in theholster and carried When it is desired tc discharge the gn'nt'rom the hand, the gun w ll be withdrawn from the holster and usdd in the ordinary Way of hand-firearms. To attach the stock to the gun. the lugs will be inscrted into their seats and the extensible device drawn out, shown in Fig. l, whereupon the attachment becomes automatically locked to the gun, and the piece is ready for.

instant use to he lired from the shoulder. To replace the gun, the spring-actuated catches will be pressed in and the stock collapsed, whcrcunon the jaws become released from their seats, and the gun will-then he removed and. again inserted into the holster.

W'hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters "Patent oi? the United States, is

1. A. firearm com prising a gun; an extensible shoulder-piece provided with telescopic members; and means for detachably attaching'the telescopic members to the gun.

2. in a firearm, a shoulder-piece; a gunholder slidahly connected with the shoulderpiece; means l-or Fastening the gun-holder to a gun; and means for holding'the gun-holder extended.

. 3. The comliiination with a shoulder-piece, of an extensible and retractable fun-holder connected therewith provided with means for detachably attaching the gun-holder to the butt of a gun.

4. The combination of a gun; a shoulderpiecc therefor; a gun-holder slidahly connected with the shonlder-piece; means for holding the gnn-hol .lcr extended; and means for detachably attaching; the gun-holder to the buttot the gun. l

The combination ot' a gun furnished-with seats in its butt; a detachable shoulder-piece furnished with one or more lugs to seat in said butt; a latch on said shoulder-piece to catch in said butt; means for moving said latch into and ont'ol position torpreventing the withdrawal of the lug or lugs and latch tom the butt; and means tor locking; the

tl\esooping "member 14 tor fastening the holder having a hook atone edge Qt tlletiroht edge ,of said front end pivotally connected with the shoulder-piece andprovided at its forendthereof and a pivoted arm the other ward end with a catch; and means for holding ,said arm from moving on its pivots.

7.. A firearm comprising a gun provided with a shoulder-piece; a bracket; means for means extended.

8. In a shoulder-piece; anextensible member'fastened to-one edge of the slioulder piece, and extending .forward therefrom; an ex tensiblemember pivoted to the other edge of said shoulder-piece andextending forward from the shoulder-piece; a bracket atthe front ends of said extensiblemembers, and pivoted to the pivoted extensible member and fixed to the other extensible member; and means for holding said extensible members in extended position. l j

9.- Ashoulder pieco provided with a member fixed to one edge thereof; a member slid- .ably connected with said fixed member to pro:

ject from such member to form an extension from the end of the shoulder-piece and pro- .vided with a bracket at its front end, said bracket being prpvidedwith means for attachment to the butt of a gun; an extensible arm pivotally connected at one end with the shoulder-piece and pivotally connected at the other end with said bracket and also provided with means for attachment to the butt of a gun;

and means for holdingthe parts in rigid relationwith each other.- A

10. The combination of a gun provided in its .butt with seats to receive hooks; a shoulder-piece furnished at its front end with arms provided with'hooks for said seats; means for adjusting said arms to increase and decrease the distance between them; and means for locking said arms in the adjusted position- 11. The combination with a shoulder-piece,

,of an'extensib'le member on one edge of the holster provided at its front end with an outwardly-projecting hook and with abracket;

an extensible member pivoted'at one endto the butt of the shoulder-piece and pivoted at the other end to said bracket and provided beyond the bracket with a hook; means for locking the extensiblemembers in their extended position; and an extensible brace connecting said extensible members with the shoulder-piece and with each other betweentheir ends. Y

12. In a firearm, the combination of a shoulder-piece; a tubularmember fastened to said shoulder-piece and provided with a'hole for a catch; a sliding member telescoping in said tubular. member and adapted and arranged at its front end for attachment to a gun; and a spring-catch carried by said sliding member inside the tubular member and adapted to enter the 11016 in said tubular member. to hold the slidingmember in adjusted position.

13. In a firearm, the combination of ashoulshoulder-piece and provided with holes for a member to hold the sliding member in ad justed position and furnished with a rounded projection extending to slide on said tubular member and to extend across the catch-holes alternately, thereby to prevent-the catch. from catching in the one holeand to allow it to catch in the otherhole, and vice versa.

14,. In a firearm, the combination of a shoulder-piece; an extensible arm fastened to one edge of the shoulder-piece and furnished at its front end with means for attachment to the butt of a gun; an extensible arm pivoted to the shoulder-piece and pivotally connected at its front end with the other arm and furnished at its front end with means for attachment to the butt of a gun; an extensible brace .sibIe'brace member pivoted to the pivoted exoted at its other end to the other extensible brace member; and an adjustable stop to stop the pivoted extensible brace'mcmber at a determined point when the extensible members are extended.

'15. The combination with a shoulder-piece,

a tube fastened to said reinforcing member at one edge and extending to the frontend thereof; means connecting the tube with the front .end ofthe shoulder-piece; a tubepivoted to the said reinforcing member at the other edge of the shoulder-piece and extending along said other edge; sliding members telescoping in said tubes;.means at the front ends of said members for attachment to a gun; and means 'for holding said sliding members in extended position.

16. The combination witha shoulder-piece, of a stiffening-frame; a frame slidably connected therewith and furnished at its front end with gun-holding means; and means for holding said frame extended.

vl7. The combination with a shoulder-piece, of a mouthpiece-reinforcing member furnished at one edge thereof with a lug and at the other edge with a socket; a stiffening mem" ber extending along one edge of the shoulder-- piece and furnished with a socket fastened on said lug; means fastening the front end of said membcrto the shoulder-piece; a member pivoted in said socket and extending along the other side of the shoulder-piece; a sliding member slidably connectedwith the holsterder-piece; a tubularimembcr fastened to saidcatch; a sliding member telescoping in said. tubular member and adapted'and arranged at in said opening; and a slide memberfixed to thc'shoulder-piece; an exten-' tensible member at one end and slidingly pivof a reinforcing member at the mouth, thereof;

catch carried by said sliding member inside through the holes respectivelyin said tubular,

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ceases stifiening member and furnished at its front end with means for attachment to a gun; a

"sliding member slidably connected with the and an inclineded-ge, a tube rigidly connected therewith along the straight edge, a tube movably' connected therewith along the inclined edge, and means in contact withsaid tubes capable of being extended to form a stock for a firearm, said means being provided with hooks for detachably engaging with a gun.

19. A shoulder-piece provided with extenslble tubes, means at the outer end of said tubes for detachably connecting them with a gun, a bracket carried by one tube and a link carried by the other tube constructed to engage the bracket, said tubes being extensible to form a stock for a firearm.

20. A shoulder-piece provided with'exten- ,sible devices, means at the outer ends of said devices for detachably connecting them with a gun, a slotted bracket carried by one of the. devices and a link connected with the other device and engaging said slotted bracket, said devices being extensible to form a stock for a firearm.

21.- A shouldenpiece provided with extensible devices, means at the outer ends of said devices for detachably connecting them with a gun, a bracket connected with one of thede" vices and having a slot, a link pivoted to the other device and havingapin Workingin said slot and means for regulating the movements of said parts when extended from the holster.

22. A- shoulderepicce having a rigid and a movable tube, extensible tubes, means for con necting the extensible tubes to a gun, springcatch'es constructed to lock said tubes in ,different positions, a bracket connected with the rigid tube and having a slot, a link pivoted to the movable tube and having a bifurcated end to receive said bracket and connected therewith by a pin moving in said slot.

23. A shoulder-piece having a rig idand a movable tube,extens1ble tubes,spr1ng-catches constructed to lock said tubes in different positions, a bracket connected with the rigid tube and having a slot, a link pivoted to the movable tube and having a bifurcated end to receive said' bracketand being connected therewith by a'pin moving in said slot and oppositely-extending hooks upon said extensible tubes constructed to engage recesses in the back-strap of a firearm when the latter tubes are extended to form a stock.

24. Astock for firearms, comprisingashell, extensible members thereon, one of which is fixed against lateral movement, and the other is pivoted and movable toward and from the fixed one, meansat the outer endsof said members for securingtb'eni to a gun, and

means for limiting the movement oi the oivoted membcriaway from the'iixcd member.

25. In a stock for firearms, a shell, extensi -ble members thereon, provided with shoulders,

catches for engaging with the shoulders to limit the amount of extension, and means for engaging with the catches and preventing their engagement with certain of said shoulders.

26. In a stock for firearms, a shell, extensible members thereon provided with shoulders, spring-catches for engaging with the shoulders, reciprocatory means on said members for engaging" with the catches and preventing their engagement with shoulders.

' 2'1, In a stool: for firearms, a shell, neriorated extensible tubes thereon, cetchesin said tubes, the free end of each of said catches being shouldered and adapted to project through the perforations of its tube when they regiscertain predetermined ter; andelins movablymounted on said. babes, one for each catch, 1i'lpOSll7l011 to engage with the projecting portion of its-catch and prevent the same from engaging with the tubes at certain predetermined perforations.

28. in a stock'for firearms, a shell, inclined extensible tubes thereon, the outer ends of which are provided with books for engaging with a gun, one of the tubes being pivoted to the shell and having a fulcrum near the outer end of the pivoted tube, whereby the extension of the tubes will swing one of the hooks away from the other and lock it in engagement with the firearm.

29.1na stock for firearms, a substantially triangular shell, extensible members on the side edges thereof, one of the membcrs'being secured along its edge and the other one being pivoted near the base, hooks for detach-- ably connecting the outer ends of said members to a gun, and a fulcrum for the pivoted member arranged near the free end of said pivoted member whereby the extension of said members will swing one of them on its fulcrum and lock the hooks in engagement with the gun.

30. In astock for firearms, a shell'provided with extensible members, the outer ends of which are provided with hooks arranged side by side in pairs for engaging with a gun, and means for locking the hooks in said engagement.

31. In a stock for firearms,a shell provided with extensible tubes, abracket on the outer ends of said tubes, each end of which is provided with a pair of books for engaging with a firearm.

32. in a stock for firearms, a substantially triangular shell, extensible members secured thereto, one of which is pivoted a pair of books on the free end of the pivoted member and a bracket on the other member, the bracket being perforated and provided with a pairpf books, a screw through the perforation into the end of said member, the books of the pivoted member being pivotally secured tothe bracket to form a fulcrum.

7 with a shell, eritensible members secured there- -I to and provided with-means for securing them to a gun, a shouldered bracket on one of the members and a link on th evother member: provided with a pin to engage with a shoulder-of said bracket, and means for yieldingly holding the pin in engagement with the, shoulder. 35.. lna stock for firearms, a shell, exten-' sible members secured thereto and provided with means for securing themto agun', a slotted bracket secured to one of the members and a link secured to the other member, the

slot being provided witha notch at one end and thelinktwith a pin for moving in the slot and notch, and a spring on the link for yield-, inglyholding the pin in the notch, V

36. The combination with a shoulder-piece of a-fixed jaw and a movable jaw thereon, a lever to operate the movable jaw, and a block to lock the lever against movement.

'37. The combination with a gun provided] with shouldered seats, of ashoulder piece provided with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, and

means for "operating the'movablejaw, the

fixed jaw being cramped between its shoulders when the movable jaw isin its seat.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence-of two sub-- scribing witnesses, at San Francisco, Cali-' 'fornia, this 29th dayof August, 1901.

ROSS M. e. PHIL-LIPS.

'Witnesses;

A. K.- DAGGETT, L. PETERSON. 

